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The Moon on Monday, August 7, 1978: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on August 7, 1978Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 August 1978397,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 7, 1978, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
397,050 km246,715 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1978 is on Friday, August 18, 1978 at 10:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 4, 1978 at 01:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 4, 197801:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 11, 197820:07

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Monday, August 7, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 1978 to the new moon of September 2, 1978, a cycle of 29.63 days.